- Maker
- Goddard, Mary
- Date made
- 1811
- Origin
- Newport, RI (?) US
- Stitches
- Cross
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 2 alphabets. Numbers done twice. House with trees and figures. (listed in American Samplers as Marcy Godard)
- Inscription
- Seize mortals seize the transient hour / Improve each moment as it flies / Life?s a short Summer, man a flow'r / He dies, alas how soon he dies.
- Historical Owner
- #11.1.2
- Owner
- Newport Historical Society, Newport, RI
- Owner Private
- Newport Historical Society